Two barangay security officers were killed and three colleagues were wounded in a drive-by shooting in Barangay Labu-Labu, Shariff Aguak, Maguindanao del Sur on Monday night, Jan. 27.

Police identified the victims as a 17-year-old Barangay Peacekeeping Action Team member and Esmael Singh, 20, both residents of Barangay Labu-Labu Mother, Shariff Aguak.
Wounded were Anwar Banalan, 20; Mohamad Husain, 30, and another 17-year-old male, all from Barangay Labu-Labu Mother.
Investigation said the victims were manning a BPAT checkpoint at 7 p.m. on the national highway when motorcycle-riding gunmen arrived and fired at them with an automatic rifle.
Police said this was the second gun attack on BPAT members in Shariff Aguak in less than a week. A BPAT member was killed and another was injured in the town’s public market on Jan. 22.
Police are conducting follow-up investigation and have identified several persons of interest in the incident.